The Rotary Club of Arlington

PO Box 121045 Arlington, Texas 76012 – www.ArlingtonRotary.com

Founded May 29, 1923 – Charter Number 1493 – Issued June 11, 1923 – District 5790 – Club 1763

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The Official Weekly Publication of the Downtown Arlington Rotary Club

April 30, 2015

Joyce’s Journal As we continue to wind up our sprint for the community, our club has a service opportunity for everyone. However you prefer to serve in Rotary we can accommodate. Saturday several of us worked the concession stand for the Cardboard Regatta for River Legacy Park. It was beautiful weather and fun to work with fellow Rotarians for a common cause.

Monday, Don Mebus, Dan Blumberg, and Scott Hendricks left for a trip to Honduras to evaluate our water filter project progress. It is wonderful to participate in a project with another Rotary Club in another country. Both of us with a common goal, to light up someone’s life.

Coming up is the Annual Rotary Golf tournament. This is our major fund raiser for our Foundation. We have been sprinting for the community, now it is time to take care of our own Foundation. How will you support the golf tournament? There are still holes to sponsor, as well as golfer positions still available. It will be a great time. The tournament date of May 11th is coming quickly, so contact one of our golf tournament committee members soon and let them know how you want to support this great project. Let’s continue to Light up Rotary together.

Warmest Regards, Joyce Stanton, President

It Happened Last Thursday… By Cynthia Jensen

President Joyce Stanton called the meeting to order at 12:12. Sal Capuli gave the opening prayer, and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of God Bless America.

Our Greeter today was also Tim Brown. He introduced visiting Rotarians Cindy Wright (Sunrise) and Kelly Curnutt (Sunrise). Guests of Rotarians today were Josh Harbaugh (Lynn Stavinoha), who is our outbound exchange student to Slovakia, and Jill Jordan (Diana Kunde).

Announcements:

Last Saturday, April 18th, was the Adoption Awareness picnic. It was a fantastic event.

Diana Kunde announced the Northwest Christian Church’s ESL program is having a wine tasting event on Sunday, May 3rd from 2 pm to 5 pm at Potager’s “Other Stuff,” at 208 S. Mesquite. The cost is $25 for tickets; please see Diana if you would like a ticket.

Earl Harcrow announced that the solar project in Honduras is going well, and they are ready for the next round of installation of approximate 150 solar lights. He will begin raising funds for this good cause.

Dan Blumberg asked for Rotarians to please consider helping at the Cardboard Boat Regatta this coming Saturday. We need more afternoon volunteers, from 2:30 to about 6:30 pm.

Joyce asked everyone to please help spread the word about the Rotary Golf Tournament on May 11th. We need more players. Use the web site for all your information:

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In this edition: Classification Talks, and more...

The Rotary Club of Arlington

PO Box 121045 Arlington, Texas 76012 – www.ArlingtonRotary.com

Founded May 29, 1923 – Charter Number 1493 – Issued June 11, 1923 – District 5790 – Club 1763

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www.rotarygolftournament.com.

Members of the Golf Tournament committee were asked to remain after today’s program meeting for a brief meeting.

The installation dinner is scheduled for Thursday, June 25th at Rolling Hills Country Club. Mark your calendars and plan to attend this special evening.

The 5790 District Conference is June 26-27 in Wichita Falls.

It’s time to sign up for the Rotary School Awards! This is a great way to understand Rotary’s role in the community. Bill Coppola’s assistant Theresa is at the back table with more information.

Joe Way mentioned the Arlington Police Department’s Annual Memorial Service next week, Tuesday, May 5th at 9 am at Heroes Park, 2100 W. Green Oaks Blvd.

After an uneven singing performance last week, Ron Smith led us in singing “Texas, Our Texas” again. I think we’re getting better! There were no birthdays announced.

Clete McAlister reported that the email survey he sent out yielded an interest in more classification talks. He arranged for our program today to have two classification talks. Clete introduced our first speaker, Larry Jordan.

Larry began by talking about his 25 years spent in the banking industry. He became an expert in helping cities, ISDs and others borrow money via bond sales. He was a self-described “Dave Ramsey for people with $100 million mortgages.” He worked with airports, colleges and

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This week at Rotary

Using your Rotary Website

Upcoming Programs

5/7/2015 Dr. Laura Wood

Victory over Europe Day

5/14/2015 Patti Diou

Levitt Pavilion 2015 Season

5/21/2015 Tony Rutigliano

Downtown Arlington

Birthdays

Bob Cooke Birthday Fund April 26 - May 2

May 2 Brett Hall

PROPOSED NEW MEMBER

Ken Carpenter Construction Services

Mechanical Contracting

The Rotary Club of Arlington

PO Box 121045 Arlington, Texas 76012 – www.ArlingtonRotary.com

Founded May 29, 1923 – Charter Number 1493 – Issued June 11, 1923 – District 5790 – Club 1763

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stadiums, including the current AT&T Stadium in Arlington. He reminded us that the Cowboys Football Team first approached Dallas about a new stadium, but Arlington made better sense. He experienced a lot of stress on the stadium project, and retired in 2011. The past 4-5 years, he has raised a grandson, taught in Africa, and drove veterans to doctor appointments.

Larry talked more specifically about his experience in Africa. He found himself in an area where “nothing worked.” His wife was bitten by an insect and was ultimately hospitalized while there. He experienced a lot of anxiety, but ultimately had an epiphany. The food, housing, schools, and medical care in Africa were awful (Larry used a more colorful descriptive word). However, it was the most powerful and meaning experience of his life.

Next up, was Rotarian Victoria Farrar-Myers from the University of Texas at Arlington. She described 5 key points in her life.

First, was when she received a doll at three years old. She named the doll “And Justice For All.” She wanted to bring that to the world. She had this doll for about four years, but this determination has always remained with her as her personal mission and goal.

Next, she mentioned graduating from high school at 16 and going immediately to college. She met a Psychology professor named Sybillyn Jennings while at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY. While she still deeply wanted to change the world, Dr. Jennings encouraged her to be an “academic.” She wasn’t sure what that

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Rotary Cares!

Illness, deaths in family, surgery, births of children/grandchildren? As part of the Rotary

family, we want to know about it.

Contact Rotary Cares Coordinator Angie Meister at 817-296-0843 or

angie@unitedperformingartscompany.com.

The Hubcap Team

Lt. Patrick Jones Publisher/Layout Dan Blumberg Managing Editor Sally Hopper Editor Bonnie S. Harris Reporter Carey F. Walker Reporter Lynn Stavinoha Reporter Cynthia Jensen Reporter Joy Nunn Reporter Kellie Reichert Reporter Diana Kunde Member Profiles Zack Maxwell Photography Paul Sturiale Photography Bill Hinds Photography

Valerie Landry 4 years April 28, 2011

Sal Capuli 22 years April 29, 1993

Sam Scott 30 years May 1, 1985

Jim Orr 24 years May 2, 1991

Rotarians celebrating their club

anniversary of “Service Above Self.”

The Rotary Club of Arlington

PO Box 121045 Arlington, Texas 76012 – www.ArlingtonRotary.com

Founded May 29, 1923 – Charter Number 1493 – Issued June 11, 1923 – District 5790 – Club 1763

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Club Officers

President Joyce Stanton President-elect Clete McAlister Past President Derrick Kinney Secretary Joy Nunn Assistant Secretary Susie McAlister Treasurer James McCroskey Sergeant-at-arms Lt. Patrick Jones

2014—2015 Club Service Membership Tom Ware Club Service Activities Valerie Landry Webb School David Petter Community Service Dan Blumberg Vocational Service Tim Moloney International Service Earl Harcrow Public Relations Matthew Fielder Scholarships Bill Hinds Fund Development Peter Scott Rotary Foundation Sally Hopper Club Advisors Jim Fulgham

Club Goals 2014-15

Membership Goal +23 Starting Club Size 132 Current Club Size 140 Year to date (+/-) +8 Annual Fund (EREY) Goal $13,700 Annual Fund (EREY) YTD $10,804

Polio Plus Goal $3,500 2014-15 YTD $2,327 Paul Harris Fellow Goal 5 2014-2015 3

meant. She was taking pre-medicine and pre-law classes. Eventually, she decided to focus on becoming an academic and earned her PhD.

From 1997-1998, she served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, working on the legislative staff of Rep. Christopher Shays (CT). She joked about that particular time as being interesting for all interns, in light of the Lewinsky/Clinton incident.

She came to the University of Texas at Arlington to teach. When she taught her first class, students queried her, “Are you old enough to be a professor?” She has been at UTA for 17 years.

Victoria told two stories about her academic career. First was about a young man who was planning to end his life. Because of her intervention, he went to counseling instead. The second story was about a young man who served five tours in Iraq as a Special Forces Marine. He had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and she asked him what he wanted in life. His desire was to complete college. Victoria was able to help him get a degree in history, and then later a political science degree. He ultimately became one of 20 people who received the Service Above Self Congressional Medal of Honor.

Victoria closed by challenging all Rotarians to do one simple thing for someone and change a life.

President Joyce thanked out speakers. She also reminded everyone to sign up for the School Awards, help the Golf Tournament, and volunteer this weekend with the Cardboard Boat Regatta.

We closed with the Four Way Test, and the meeting adjourned at 1:00 pm.

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